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Targeting issues and policies harmful to women, working families and other rhetoricen-US2012-05-01T08:32:28-07:00

About Mehttp://toaaw.typepad.com/toaaw/2012/05/about-me.html
Howdy! I am Dante and this my webpage. I made this site as a project specially for CabalArticles, which is an English as a 2nd Language and Web Design course. If you would like to contact me, just use the contact form available on this site. Below is my Resume,...<p>Howdy! I am Dante and this my webpage. I made this site as a project specially for CabalArticles, which is an English as a 2nd Language and Web Design course. If you would like to contact me, just use the contact form available on this site. Below is my Resume, and some samples of online sites and articles or blog posts I've created intended for CabalArticles.
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<b>Skills</b><br />
Graduated Magna Cum Laude from New York State<br />
14 years of web content writing experience (in particular intended for Electronic customers)<br />
5 years of website creation experience. <Br />
Dedicated, team player employee with a taste for specifics.</br><br/>
<b>Employment Experience. </b><br/>
CabalArticles,2000 - Present<br/>
<b>General Manager</b><br/>
Responsible for putting together a international group of internet writers to accommodate a complex list of advanced objectives and goals.<br />
- Make cutting edge records for output, developing production by 18% throughout the world<br />
- Effectively controlled continuous logs of project distribution<br/>
- Maintained QA for international creation over a large group of writers<br /><br/>
<b>Self-employed Wordpress Website Designer</b><br />
2007-Present<br />
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<b>Additional Expertise</b><br/>
Fluent in Spanish<br />
Superior knowledge utilizing extensive choice of office software<br/>
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<b>Samples of Writing</b><br />
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</ul>TOAAW2012-05-01T08:32:28-07:00Rolando F. Cort - Resumehttp://toaaw.typepad.com/toaaw/2011/07/rolando-f-cort-resume.html
Howdy! I am one of many writing team organizers of CabalArticles, a famous web writing combine. We write in English and Spanish for world wide world wide web audiences, and are at your disposal for article content generation for your internet site. Listed below you will find my curriculum vitae,...<p>Howdy! I am one of many writing team organizers of CabalArticles, a famous web writing combine. We write in English and Spanish for world wide world wide web audiences, and are at your disposal for article content generation for your internet site. Listed below you will find my curriculum vitae, and you&#39;ll be able to read other writing team organizers and team members&#39; CV&#39;s on this web page. At the end of my curriculum vitae, you are going to look at some examples of our published articles. For job inquiries, you should reach us using the contactform on this website and we shall answer as soon as is possible.<br /> <br /><br /> <strong>Curriculum Vitae</strong></p>
<p>Rolando F. Cort<br />1034 Giraffe Hill Drive<br />Grand Prairie, TX<br /><br /> <strong>Summary of Qualifications</strong><br /> Graduated With Honors from Brown University<br /> 10 years of composing experience (in particular for Web audiences)<br /> Great fluency in Spanish and Latin<br /> Committed, team-oriented individual with a taste for details<br /> <br /><br /> <strong>Employment Experience</strong><br /> CabalArticles, New York City, NY<br /> 2001 - Present<br /> Team Organizer<br /> Accountable for setting up a global team of internet writers to meet a challenging set of development aims.<br /> - Set unprecedented records for production, growing productivity by 20% around the world<br /> - Properly operated dependable logs of task distribution<br /> - Maintained quality control for world creation over a significant team of writers<br /> <br /><br /> <strong>Additional Abilities</strong><br /> <br /><br /> Competent in Spanish and Latin<br /> Advanced competence using a wide range of office software<br /> <br /><br /> <strong>Examples of Publicized Works</strong><br /> <br /></p>
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Greetings! I am one of many team leaders of CabalArticles, a well-known web content writing group. We all write articles in English and Spanish for intercontinental web audiences, and are on the market for articles and other content building for your online business. Down the page you will find my...<p>Greetings! I am one of many team leaders of CabalArticles, a well-known web content writing group. We all write articles in English and Spanish for intercontinental web audiences, and are on the market for articles and other content building for your online business. Down the page you will find my curriculum vitae, and of course you&#39;ll be able to read other team leaders and team members&#39; resumes on this internet site. At the end of my curriculum vitae, you&#39;ll read some examples of our publicized posts. For work enquiries, please email us with the contactform on this web site and we shall answer as soon as is possible.<br /> <br /><br /> <strong>CV</strong><br />Margaret B. Bays<br />2002 Petunia Way<br />Birmingham, AL</p>
<p><br /> &#0160;<strong>Summary</strong><br /> Graduated With Special Honors from Peninsula College<br /> 10 years of authoring experience (especially for Internet audiences)<br /> Stunning fluency in English<br /> Dedicated, group-oriented worker with a taste for specifics<br /> <br /><br /> <strong>Business Expertise</strong><br /> CabalArticles, New York City, NY<br /> 2001 - Present<br /> Staff Manager<br /> Responsible for arranging a global team of freelance writers to meet a demanding set of growth aims.<br /> - Set records for production, improving output by 20% globally<br /> - Accurately kept steady records of project distribution<br /> - Addressed quality control for world-wide output across a significant team of freelance writers<br /> <br /><br /> <strong>Extra Skillsets</strong><br /> <br /><br /> Competent in English<br /> Superior skills using a huge choice of office software<br /> <br /><br /> <strong>Samples of Publicized Writing</strong><br /> <br /></p>
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Greetings! I'm one of many team organizers of CabalArticles, a famous article writing company. We all post in English and Spanish for world wide online viewers, and are on the market for articles and other content development for your online business. Below you may read my curriculum vitae, and of...<p>Greetings! I&#39;m one of many team organizers of CabalArticles, a famous article writing company. We all post in English and Spanish for world wide online viewers, and are on the market for articles and other content development for your online business. Below you may read my curriculum vitae, and of course you&#39;ll be able to see other team organizers and writers&#39; resumes on this website. At the end of my curriculum vitae, you&#39;ll check out some illustrations of our exhibited works. For work enquiries, you should contact us using the contactform on this site and we shall follow up as soon as is feasible.<br /> <br /><br /> <strong>Curriculum Vitae</strong><br />Calvin O. Mack<br />3451 Vine Street<br />Chicago, IL</p>
<p>&#0160;<strong>Summary</strong><br /> Graduated With Special Honors from Belmont University<br /> 10 years of crafting experience (specially for Internet viewers)<br /> Great competency in Spanish<br /> Professional, group-oriented worker with a taste for details<br /> <br /><br /> <strong>Business Experience</strong><br /> CabalArticles, New York City, NY<br /> 2001 - Present<br /> Group Leader<br /> In charge of setting up a worldwide team of internet writers to fit a demanding set of assembly goals and objectives.<br /> - Set unprecedented records for output, increasing output by 20% around the world<br /> - Accurately managed consistent logs of task distribution<br /> - Dealt with QC for international production across a significant team of writers<br /> <br /><br /> <strong>Extra Skillsets</strong><br /> <br /><br /> Competent in Spanish<br /> State-of-the-art proficiency with a extensive selection of office software programs<br /> <br /><br /> <strong>Examples of Published Articles</strong><br /> <br /></p>
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I have come to a decision about TOAAW. TOAAW is done. No longer will posts be added. However, that does not mean that I am done blogging. Far from it, in fact. When one thing ends, another begins anew. In this case, a group blog by strong women's voices. As...<p>I have come to a decision about TOAAW. TOAAW is done. No longer will posts be added. <br /><br />However, that does not mean that I am done blogging. Far from it, in fact. When one thing ends, another begins anew. In this case, a group blog by strong women&#39;s voices. <br /><br />As TOAAW goes off into the sunset, The Crone Speaks is rising.<br /><br />I hope you join us.</p>TOAAW2007-05-25T10:18:00-07:00Ciao, Babyhttp://toaaw.typepad.com/toaaw/2007/05/ciao_baby.html
I am finding that I am increasingly tired, and having difficulty keeping up this blog. Mostly I am tired fighting the same fight over and over. What has been accomplished from the revelations of Bush's domestic wiretapping scandal? Little, for domestic wiretapping still continues. How about melamine-tainted pet food which...<p>I am finding that I am increasingly tired, and having difficulty keeping up this blog. Mostly I am tired fighting the same fight over and over. <br /><br />What has been accomplished from the revelations of Bush&#39;s domestic wiretapping scandal? Little, for domestic wiretapping still continues. <br /><br />How about melamine-tainted pet food which led to revelations of tainted feed fed to hogs, chickens and farm-raised fish fed to humans? Nothing really has changed. China still sends tainted food around the world, money trumps lives. Look it up if you don&#39;t believe me.<br /><br />As far as health care, and in particular women&#39;s reproductive health care, under the Bush regime, we as a nation, has slipped farther and farther into the abyss, where women&#39;s lives don&#39;t mean diddly. Maternal and infant mortality rates are disgustingly high for a nation that spends the most dollars on health care and gets pitifully poor results for their money. That&#39;s before you put in the racial and economic factors. Again, money trumps lives.<br /><br />I&#39;m sick and tired of the dems and repugnuts on the Hill that continually put big business over people&#39;s lives. Our nation loses many lives, from a multitude of different reasons, that track back to corporate whoredom. Your loved one died from a drug that went to market after the company suppressed information from their clinical trials? Too damn bad. Can&#39;t afford to put gas in your car to get to work? Tough shit. We&#39;ll have a hearing, but in the end, huge gifts will go to the oil companies and they will continue to raise prices at the pump while making record profits quarter after quarter. Say it with me, this time. Money trumps lives.<br /><br />The scandals stemming from this administration are too numerous to list, but even after the dems took control of Congress, it&#39;s still business as usual for this administration. We have put dems in control that have no damn back-bone. They are openly pissing on the people as they back down from a time line for troop withdrawal, while placating the petulant children orchestrating the debacle known as the War in Iraq. <br /><br />I am tired and I need a break.<br /><br />Ciao!<br /><br />ed: corrected spelling error</p>TOAAW2007-05-21T08:09:00-07:00Food Stamp Challange on the Hillhttp://toaaw.typepad.com/toaaw/2007/05/food_stamp_chal.html
A challenge was issued and only 4 members of Congress answered. The challenge was to eat for a week on $21, the average food stamp allotment. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) stood before the refrigerated section of the Safeway on Capitol Hill yesterday and looked longingly at the eggs. At $1.29...<p>A challenge was issued and only 4 members of Congress answered. The challenge was to eat for a week on $21, the average food stamp allotment. <br /><br />Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) stood before the refrigerated section of the Safeway on Capitol Hill yesterday and looked longingly at the eggs.<br /><br />At $1.29 for a half-dozen, he couldn&#39;t afford them.<br /><br />Ryan and three other members of Congress have pledged to live for one week on $21 worth of food, the amount the average food stamp recipient receives in federal assistance. That&#39;s $3 a day or $1 a meal. They started yesterday.<br /><br />What was the shopping experience like?<br /><br />McGovern and his wife, Lisa, did their food shopping for the week with help from Toinette Wilson, a D.C. resident and mother of three who relies on food stamps. Wilson gave him some tips, but it was still a struggle, he said.<br /><br />&quot;No organic foods, no fresh vegetables, we were looking for the cheapest of everything,&quot; McGovern said. &quot;We got spaghetti and hamburger meat that was high in fat -- the fattiest meat on the shelf. I have high cholesterol and always try to get the leanest, but it&#39;s expensive. It&#39;s almost impossible to make healthy choices on a food stamp diet.&quot;<br /><br />The WaPo article includes the lawmaker&#39;s respective blogs. Ryan, has included his receipt, and worries how he&#39;ll get through the week. <br /><br />My biggest concern today is running out of food before the end of the week. One loaf of bread doesn’t make as many sandwiches as you’d think, and I’m running through my cottage cheese pretty fast as well. The budgeting was hard enough, rationing what I do have will present another challenge. <br /><br />Right. It&#39;s not just what you buy it&#39;s how you use it. <br /><br />Mrs. McGovern has the same worries, but also make an observation:<br /><br />I&#39;m also worried about Jim. This is a challenge for me but he&#39;s bigger than I am and used to more food. Not that I&#39;d ever say he is a big eater. But these portions are tiny. And I know there are people out there who are cynical about politicians and think the worst. But I&#39;ve been married to him for nearly 18 years and I know what a demanding schedule -- physically and mentally -- he keeps. Between his job and our two small children, life is full. Food fuels people&#39;s bodies and minds.<br /><br />I hope she remembers that when she finds out many of the working poor work at two or more jobs that are physically demanding. <br /><br />What I really find disturbing about the Food Stamp Challenge is that only 4 members of Congress are bothering to do this. Perhaps the challenge should be mandatory so that all representatives of the people can relate to their own constituents.</p>TOAAW2007-05-16T14:49:00-07:00CBP Breaks Privacy Lawshttp://toaaw.typepad.com/toaaw/2007/05/cbp_breaks_priv.html
A GAO report lists how the Customs and Border Patrol under the Department of Homeland Security is breaking privacy laws. "CBP's current disclosures do not fully inform the public about all of its systems for prescreening aviation passenger information, nor do they explain how CBP combines data in the prescreening...<p>A GAO report lists how the Customs and Border Patrol under the Department of Homeland Security is breaking privacy laws. <br /><br />&quot;CBP&#39;s current disclosures do not fully inform the public about all of its systems for prescreening aviation passenger information, nor do they explain how CBP combines data in the prescreening process, as required by law,&quot; the report says. &quot;As a result, passengers are not assured that their privacy is protected during the international prescreening process.&quot;<br /><br />This is an issue with other governments, for international travel. Granted, the tried and true fearmongering reason the CBP does not inform the public on their data uses comes under the very broad heading of preventing terrorism. However, this is not a panacea for European countries.<br /><br />But the GAO says Customs has failed to fully describe its methods to the public. The lack of disclosure has become an issue as U.S. and European officials renegotiate an agreement, due to expire in July, to share air passenger data. European officials are concerned that the data they already share are not adequately protected by the U.S. government.<br /><br />So, what other data is being collected, besides name, address, credit card, travel itinerary, and why is it being stored for 40 years? I mean, 40 years seems to be a little excessive.<br /><br />But, there is another side to the privacy issue -- that is the data being safe. Numerous government laptops have been stolen or lost over the past few years, containing personal information. obviously, there are no guarantees that the personal data of millions of people will be safe. <br /><br />Then we have the false accusations of being a terrorist, even of our own citizens.<br /><br />I try not to be a conspiracy theorist, but under the Bush regime, it really is quite hard. It really seems to be that we have moved into an Oceania state of government.</p>TOAAW2007-05-15T14:49:00-07:00Bottom of the Packhttp://toaaw.typepad.com/toaaw/2007/05/bottom_of_the_p.html
Another study was released showing that the US ranks last of industrialized nations for quality of and access to health care. The US health care system ranks last among other major rich countries for quality, access and efficiency, according to two studies released Tuesday by a health care think tank....<p>Another study was released showing that the US ranks last of industrialized nations for quality of and access to health care.<br /><br />The US health care system ranks last among other major rich countries for quality, access and efficiency, according to two studies released Tuesday by a health care think tank. <br /><br />The studies by the Commonwealth Fund found that the United States, which has the most expensive health system in the world, underperforms consistently relative to other countries and differs most notably in the fact that Americans have no universal health insurance coverage.<br /><br />[...]The US ranked last in most areas, including access to health care, patient safety, timeliness of care, efficiency and equity. Americans were also last in terms of whether they had a regular physician.<br /><br />“The US spends twice what the average industrialized country spends on health care but we’re clearly not getting value for the money,” Davis told AFP.<br /><br />How does one respond to this? We, as a country, suck at taking care of our people. Period. Take a look at the summary of the report:<br /><br />The findings indicate room for improvement across all of the countries, especially in the U.S. If the health care system is to perform according to patients&#39; expectations, the nation will need to remove financial barriers to care and improve the delivery of care. Disparities in terms of access to services signal the need to expand insurance to cover the uninsured and to ensure that all Americans have an accessible medical home. The U.S. must also accelerate its efforts to adopt health information technology and ensure an integrated medical record and information system that is accessible to providers and patients.<br /><br />While many U.S. hospitals and health systems are dedicated to improving the process of care to achieve better safety and quality, the U.S. can also learn from innovations in other countries—including public reporting of quality data, payment systems that reward high-quality care, and a team approach to management of chronic conditions. Based on these patient and physician reports, the U.S. could improve the delivery, coordination, and equity of the health care system by drawing from best practices both within the U.S. and around the world.<br /><br />That would be a good start if we could implement these suggestions.</p>TOAAW2007-05-15T14:48:00-07:00Breaking: Jerry Falwell Deadhttp://toaaw.typepad.com/toaaw/2007/05/breaking_jerry_.html
Just got home to find that Jerry Falwell is dead. The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the Moral Majority and built the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University, a school executive said. He was 73. Ron Godwin,...<p>Just got home to find that Jerry Falwell is dead.<br /><br />The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the Moral Majority and built the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University, a school executive said. He was 73.<br /><br />Ron Godwin, the university&#39;s executive vice president, said Falwell, 73, was found unresponsive around 10:45 a.m. and taken to Lynchburg General Hospital. &quot;CPR efforts were unsuccessful,&quot; he said.<br /><br />Godwin said he was not sure what caused the collapse, but he said Falwell &quot;has a history of heart challenges.&quot;<br /><br />Okay, so the AP report gives Falwell kudos for bringing together conservatives, but neglects the horrid, nasty, bigoted things Falwell has said throughout his career. Sorry the man is dead, but...<br /><br />When one lives a life promoting hate, it really is hard to work up any sorrow at his demise.</p>TOAAW2007-05-15T14:47:00-07:00